Haute couture is not the exclusive province of the rich since we can appreciate it even when we can't afford it. In this as with Chanel some days ago, there are more traditional designs than the many we have seen which have no life beyond one-off photo ops. We also dig the paper sculptures of the animals for a novel contrast.

In "Flashdance," our heroine was well-versed in high culture but she worked in a steel mill.